Shadows of the Stage
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Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden Leaf Printing on round Spine (extra customization on request like complete leather, Golden Screen printing in Front, Color Leather, Colored book etc.) Reprinted in 2018 with the help of original edition published long back [1906]. This book is printed in black & white, sewing binding for longer life, printed on high quality Paper, re-sized as per Current standards, professionally processed without changing its contents. As these are old books, we processed each page manually and make them readable but in some cases some pages which are blur or m...
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- SHADOWS OF THE STAGE
- WILLIAM WINTER
- NEW YORK MACMILLAN AND COMPANY and London 1893
- TO
- Henry Irving
- IN MEMORY AND IN HONOUR OF ALL THAT HE HAS DONE TO DIGNIFY AND ADORN THE STAGE AND TO ENNOBLE SOCIETY THIS BOOK IS GRATEFULLY INSCRIBED
- PREFACE.
- CONTENTS.
- SHADOWS OF THE STAGE.
- I.
- THE GOOD OLD TIMES.
- II.
- HENRY IRVING AND ELLEN TERRY IN FAUST.
- III.
- ADELAIDE NEILSON AS IMOGEN AND JULIET.
- IV.
- EDWIN BOOTH.
- V.
- MARY ANDERSON: HERMIONE: PERDITA.
- VI.
- HENRY IRVING AND ELLEN TERRY IN OLIVIA.
- VII.
- ON JEFFERSON'S AUTOBIOGRAPHY.
- VIII.
- ON JEFFERSON'S ACTING.
- IX.
- JEFFERSON AND FLORENCE IN OLD COMEDY.
- X.
- ON THE DEATH OF FLORENCE.
- XI.
- HENRY IRVING AND ELLEN TERRY IN THE MERCHANT OF VENICE.
- XII.
- JOHN McCULLOUGH IN SEVERAL CHARACTERS.
- XIII.
- CHARLOTTE CUSHMAN.
- XIV.
- ON THE DEATH OF LAWRENCE BARRETT.
- XV.
- HENRY IRVING AND ELLEN TERRY IN RAVENSWOOD.
- XVI.
- THE MERRY WIVES AND FALSTAFF.
- XVII.
- ADA REHAN.
- XVIII.
- TENNYSON'S COMEDY OF THE FORESTERS.
- XIX.
- ELLEN TERRY: THE MERCHANT OF VENICE.
- XX.
- RICHARD MANSFIELD AS RICHARD THE THIRD.
- XXI.
- GENEVIEVE WARD: FORGET ME NOT.
- XXII.
- EDWARD S. WILLARD IN THE MIDDLEMAN AND JUDAH.
- XXIII.
- SALVINI AS KING SAUL AND KING LEAR.
- XXIV.
- HENRY IRVING AS EUGENE ARAM.
- XXV.
- CHARLES FISHER.
- XXVI.
- MRS. G.H. GILBERT.
- XXVII.
- JAMES LEWIS.
- XXVIII.
- A LEAF FROM MY JOURNAL.
- THE WORKS OF
- William Winter.
- WANDERERS;
- BEING
- A Collection of the Poems of William Winter.
- Shadows of the Stage.
- OLD SHRINES AND IVY.
- CONTENTS.
- SHAKESPEARE'S ENGLAND.
- GRAY DAYS AND GOLD.
- CONTENTS.
- GRAY DAYS AND GOLD.
- PRESS NOTICES.
- THE NOVEL: WHAT IT IS.
- THE CHOICE OF BOOKS, AND OTHER LITERARY PIECES.
- FOOTNOTES:
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